Description: There are about 3000 left in the wild. The giant panda, a black-and-white bear, They stand between two and three feet tall at the shoulder on all fours. Wild giant panda’s diet is exclusively (73 percent) bamboo. Giant pandas eat bamboo, sugar cane, rice gruel, a special high-fiber biscuit, carrots, apples, and sweet potatoes. at zoos. A cub may nurse for eight to nine months. The giant panda has lived in bamboo forests for several million years. A panda usually eats while sitting upright. At birth, the cub is helpless. Female pandas ovulate only once a year, in the spring. New bamboo shoots are about 40 percent water. Giant pandas may be reproductive until about age 13. Giant pandas reach breeding maturity between four and eight years of age.
Habitat live in a all mountain ranges in central China. They live in elevations between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. Giant pandas live receive about 30 to 40 inches of rain and snow a year.
[ Fast Facts More than 300 pandas live in zoos. Zoo pandas live to be as old as 35. Millions of Zoo visitors enjoy watching giant pandas eat. [[Video:
The red Panda
Description: Red pandas, which resemble raccoon, are about 42 inches long, including a long, bushy tail. Red panda are 35 pounds.Their red-and-white markings blend in with the red mosses and white lichens. Red pandas use their long, bushy tails to balance when they're in trees. They also cover themselves with their tails in winter. They share part of their range with giant pandas. Red pandas have this thumb-like adaptation. After a gestation of about 134 days, litters of one to four young are born.Young stay in the nest for about 40 days. Reach adult size at about 36 months. Red pandas are width="240" height="1.5; width: 240" align="left"]]ften killed when they get caught in traps meant for other animals such as wild pigs and deer, that is why there are so little of them. They are also poached for their distinctive pelts in China and Myanmar. Approximately 38 percent of the total potential red panda habitat is in Nepal. Other community initiatives to stop the hunting and capture of red pandas.
Habitat: They share part of their range with giant pandas. Red pandas live in the cool temperate bamboo forests. Almost 50 percent of the red panda’s habitat is in the Eastern Himalayas
Fast Facts: There are fewer than 4,000 adult red pandas. The red panda is slightly larger than a domestic cat with a bear-like body and thick russet fur. Red panda fur caps or hats have been found for sale in Bhutan. Any person found guilty of killing, buying or selling red pandas faces a fine of up to $20,000/or up to ten years in jail
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Giant Panda
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Red Panda
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http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/red-panda
The Giant Panda
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Giant Panda Facts:They are carnivores.
Description:
There are about 3000 left in the wild. The giant panda, a black-and-white bear, They stand between two and three feet tall at the shoulder on all fours. Wild giant panda’s diet is exclusively (73 percent) bamboo. Giant pandas eat bamboo, sugar cane, rice gruel, a special high-fiber biscuit, carrots, apples, and sweet potatoes. at zoos. A cub may nurse for eight to nine months.
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Habitat
live in a all mountain ranges in central China. They live in elevations between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. Giant pandas live receive about 30 to 40 inches of rain and snow a year.
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Fast Facts
More than 300 pandas live in zoos. Zoo pandas live to be as old as 35. Millions of Zoo visitors enjoy watching giant pandas eat.
[[Video:
The red Panda
Description:
Red pandas, which resemble raccoon, are about 42 inches long, including a long, bushy tail. Red panda are 35 pounds.Their red-and-white markings blend in with the red mosses and white lichens. Red pandas use their long, bushy tails to balance when they're in trees. They also cover themselves with their tails in winter. They share part of their range with giant pandas. Red pandas have this thumb-like adaptation. After a gestation of about 134 days, litters of one to four young are born.Young stay in the nest for about 40 days. Reach adult size at about 36 months. Red pandas are width="240" height="1.5; width: 240" align="left"]]ften killed when they get caught in traps meant for other animals such as wild pigs and deer, that is why there are so little of them. They are also poached for their distinctive pelts in China and Myanmar. Approximately 38 percent of the total potential red panda habitat is in Nepal. Other community initiatives to stop the hunting and capture of red pandas.
Habitat: They share part of their range with giant pandas. Red pandas live in the cool temperate bamboo forests. Almost 50 percent of the red panda’s habitat is in the Eastern Himalayas
Fast Facts: There are fewer than 4,000 adult red pandas. The red panda is slightly larger than a domestic cat with a bear-like body and thick russet fur. Red panda fur caps or hats have been found for sale in Bhutan. Any person found guilty of killing, buying or selling red pandas faces a fine of up to $20,000/or up to ten years in jail
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